Tech Recruiting Manager – New Markets

About Us

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 127 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we’re building.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), we combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human.

Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/

About the Role

As Tech Recruiting Manager, New Markets, you will shape the foundation of Nubank’s global growth. You’ll lead and scale a high-performing recruiting team to launch hiring across the U.S. and Canada, while serving as the strategic architect for every new market we enter. We’re seeking a true builder. Someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure to the undefined, and transforms a blank canvas into a world-class, scalable hiring engine.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of 8-10 Tech Recruiters, fostering an environment of high performance, continuous learning and accountability.
• Expansion Strategy: Define and execute scaling strategies for new markets, translating business growth plans into actionable, global talent acquisition pipelines.
• Data-Driven Optimization: Act as the guardian of efficiency; lead with data and analyze complex metrics to identify bottlenecks and ensure healthy, scalable pipelines.
• Innovation & AI: Propel the team toward sophisticated recruiting practices by integrating AI tools and automation to optimize sourcing and increase hiring accuracy.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as a consultative partner to Tech leadership, providing market mapping and benchmarking to influence hiring decisions.
• Process Improvement: Continually refine and enhance recruitment processes, ensuring efficiency, structure, and high-quality outcomes in a high-pressure environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 7+ years in technical recruiting with 3+ years in a leadership role, ideally within fintech or hyper-growth tech companies.
• New Market Expertise: Proven success in building or scaling teams in complex, international environments (US and Canada a must, LATAM experience is a plus).
• Tech Fluency: Strong understanding of the tech talent landscape – you speak the language of Engineering, Product, and Data Science.
• Effectiveness Mindset: Proven track record of implementing scalable recruiting solutions.
• Analytical Rigor: A strong data mindset. You don’t just report numbers; you use them to track team performance and predict hiring trends.
• Communication: Exceptional communication skills and fluency in English, with a demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, distill complexity, and create clarity in ambiguous environments.

Why Nubank?

• Impact: Purpose-driven work that impacts millions of people.
• Culture: A collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Growth: Learning and development support to grow your career.
• Future: The opportunity to help shape the future of financial services.

Our Benefits

• Equity: Opportunity to earn equity at Nu.
• Health: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Security: Life Insurance and AD&D.
• Family: Extended maternity and paternity leaves.
• Learning: access to Nucleo (our learning platform of courses) and NuLanguage (our language learning program).
• Wellness: NuCare (our mental health and wellness assistance program).
• Financial: 401K, Health Saving Account, and Flexible Spending Account.
• Remote Support: Work-from-home Allowance.
• Relocation: Relocation Assistance Package (if applicable).

Work Model

Hybrid: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week (2-3 times/week) on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Nu, we want to be sure that we’re building a more diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the customers we serve and seek to empower. That’s why we hire based on equality. We consider gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, and other identity markers as enriching elements to our company while ensuring neither of them represent a barrier when recruiting fantastic talent.

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